Pope Francis, who has made surprising the world commonplace, reminded a group of parishioners that he worked as a bouncer in his youth.

That tidbit, shared during a visit to a church in a working-class suburb of Rome, had been reported in the past, but this was the first time he’s made mention of it as Pope, Todayreports. In addition to his stint at a Buenos Aires bar, the Pope talked about his experiences sweeping floors and working in a lab as a teenager, according to the Catholic News Service.

Todayasks if he is the “coolest pope ever?” and New York magazine calls him, in a playful reenactment of the future Pontiff at the door, the “world’s worst bouncer.”